Results of a state survey of inservice teacher education practices and problems in California indicate general dissatifcation with present programs. It was indicated that there is very little job-related or job-embedded inservice education, and most of the important options for providing training are not being utilized. The formal structure of…

Each interpretation of staff development is derived from a particular theory of organizations and a particular understanding of educational and personal psychology. This paper outlines several organizational theories on which staff development might be based. Staff development is considered as being concerned with all those needs of the individual…

This report discusses the views of early childhood supervisory and instructional staff regarding staff development activities across seven early childhood education programs in Philadelphia. A comprehensive staff development questionnaire was completed by supervisory personnel, teachers, assistant teachers, and aides in the spring of 1979. Total…

One of a series of instructional packets to aid schools in reducing sex stereotypes, this outreach packet is designed to inform and stimulate community support and encourage women in their attempt to assess and reenter the work world. Materials are suggested for use in forty-five to sixty minutes. Contents include a leader's script (material to be…

The newsletter describes the staff and training activities of the Teaching Research Infant and Child Center which consists of two national model centers--Early Education for the Handicapped Model and a Severely Handicapped Education Model. It is reported that staff training procedures developed at the Boulder (Montana) River School and Hospital…

The general objective of the Competency - Based Curriculum (CBC) is to facilitate success in and enjoyment of learning by all students in the District of Columbia public schools. Individual rates of growth and differences in learning styles are provided for by this approach, which assures that skills requisite to successful adult functioning are…

Developed in anticipation of the adoption of AACR2 by the library community, two plans reported by the General Libraries address the impact on the catalog and staff training. No conflict is anticipated in the absorption of AACR2 and the focus of the first report is on the mechanics of integrating AACR2 headings with headings already in the…

This manual was developed to upgrade the training design and delivery skills of inservice trainers in the field of alcoholism. It is geared for inservice trainers with little or no formal background in design/delivery of adult education programs, who spend at least 50% of the time in training activities. Contents include: (1) adult learning…

Effective staff development programs require environments receptive to change; programming that is institutionally integrated and developmental; program execution that is comprehensive, dynamic, cost-effective, and that can be evaluated; and activity that is pragmatic and action-oriented. Present staff development programs must improve delivery…

This paper discusses the structure and process of an A.R.C. workshop, an innovative approach to inservice training. Following a general introduction, including impacts on workshop participants, the paper details four basic components of a workshop: (1) the opening session, (2) examining readiness for professional development, (3) exploring…

A preliminary training and evaluation program was initiated by the Houston Area Agency on Aging. Several pilot training programs were tested, and information was gathered on the current and desired training status of personnel in service-providing agencies. Inspection of obective and subjective reports suggests that future training programs should…

THE MAJOR PURPOSES OF INSERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION ARE (1) DISCUSSION AND EVENTUAL SOLUTION OF INDIGENOUS PROBLEMS, (2) PRESENTING NEW IDEAS AND METHODS OF TEACHING, (3) KEEPING UP TO DATE ON SUBJECT MATTER, AND (4) ORIENTING NEW TEACHERS, AND REORIENTING OLD TEACHERS TO NEW PHILOSOPHIES. THESE OBJECTIVES ARE CURRENTLY BEING MET BY INSTITUTES,…

Major contents of this report are the seminar presentations made at a national seminar in which educators focused on innovations in personnel development for industry education. Of the ten major papers three established the context of cooperation between business, industry, labor, and education in providing vocational education. Three papers focus…

The goal of this project was to provide a personnel development program for state department leaders from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee who hold first-line positions under state directors of vocational education. The inservice program, with seven project objectives, was developed in cooperation with the…

The final report lists accomplishments of a 3-year federally funded project to identify and serve gifted handicapped preschool children. Procedures and outcomes are set forth for objectives in each of the following areas: services to children, services to families, staff development, and demonstration and dissemination. (CL)